Online Courses

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Online Learning Services @The Concord Consortium

Since 1994, the Concord Consortium has been a pioneer in online instruction for students, teachers, and faculty. Our Web-based courses, based on the Concord Consortium e-Learning Model, can help you design and facilitate your own online courses.

What's online learning?

Why we're the experts

I have so much to learn about the world of e-learning and, thanks to each of you, I have learned much during the past six weeks. We are a model of what is possible and the class of the future; people from all over the globe who share a common educational interest and who seek out the best experts to work with. Collaborative, meaning-making, guided by the very best in any chosen field. How exciting, at almost 54 years of age, to feel like a pioneer!

-- Participant, Designing and Teaching Online Courses

Which courses are best for you?

Would you like to take an online course -- about online courses -- because you've heard so much about them? Want to participate in an online learning community? Are you planning on designing and teaching an online course of your own?	Designing and Teaching Online Courses covers the pedagogy, methodology, and moderation methods necessary for effective instruction in the online environment in a six-week moderated course. A bonus four-week self-paced course then takes you through the steps of building your online course.
Wondering how to facilitate online discussions? Wish your virtual students would collaborate more and wait for you less? Have lots of your own questions about how to facilitate online learning?	Join others, both beginners and those experienced with online learning, who want to explore ways of building "emotional bandwidth" and collaborative teamwork via online discussion in Discussion Topics for Online Leaders and Instructors.
Is your online course taking you more time to teach, not less? Overwhelmed with student emails? 24-hour office hours? Are you wondering how to get your virtual classes past brainstorming to the real learning online?	Focus and deepen the learning with our 12-week in-depth netcourse, Facilitating Online Learning by Moving Out of the Middle. Improve your effectiveness as an online instructor or group discussion leader.

Additional courses about e-Learning are offered by Metacourse, a spin off company of the Concord Consortium

Cursos en español sobre e-Learning, creados para corporaciones y universidades, están disponibles a través de Metacursos. Esta es una division de Metacourse.com, un socio de negocios del Concord Consortium

Essential Elements: Prepare, Design, and Teach Your Online Course

"This book describes a process for designing online courses based on sophisticated learning experiences: guided inquiry, collaboration, community, and formative assessment. Its model will aid instructors in reconceptualizing their teaching to take full advantage of new interactive media."

—Chris Dede, Timothy E. Wirth Professor of Learning Technologies, Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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